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Things for unstercifull
men to confider of.
and
When
ever
thou
art
crying
toGod,faith God here's
a
cruet
hard
hearted wretch,
if
be
get but
advantage over
others,
he
will
improve
it
to the uttermoft,
and
let
others
perilh
and
fuf-
fer never
fo
much,
he cares
nor, yet
becomes
to me for
mer--
cy, know
the Lord
in
the time
of
thy
prayer
will remember
all
thy
cruelty,
and'
all
the hardnefle of
thy
heart
towards others:
This
is
the-evil
of
thine unmercifulnefie.
Ninthly
,
Thou
mayeft
expecct
that God
will
harden
others
againft
thee.
Tenthly
,
Know,
that
this
fin
of
cruelty
and
hardnefs
of
heart
towards
others, it
is
worfe then
a
heathenith
fin,]ofephaas
in
-his
i
5.book
of Antiquities,
and r
z.
Ch: tels
a
notable ílory
of
Herod
whom you
read
of in
Scripture,
a
wicked
wretch:
It
Was
Herod
Açrirpa
that
was Bailie
with wormes, this Herod
ofephau
tells
of him, that
in
the time
of common
dearth
and
calamity,he
melted
all his
plate that
he had,al the gold
and fil-
ver that he
had in
the Court,
he
melted
it
all, and put
it
into
money,
and he fpar'd nothing for
the excellency of the
fall;ion
and
workmanlhip, he
had many curious
peeces
of
plate that
had excellent
workmanlhip about
them, but
he (pared none,
but
melted
all,
and
bought corn
with it,
and gave
it
out,unto
the
poor
for
their
relief,;;
and
provided work
for
them too,and
gave
a
great part
to
flrangers,
and
becauf
that the dearth
was
fo-great
that
they
had
not
fo
much
as
feed
to
fow
their
fields
withal() he
did
not only
provide
bread for
them,
but provided
feed-córn
to
fow
their
ground
for
another yeare , thus
even
Herod, wicked Herod, that we cry out
fo
much upon,
for he
was
ungodly,and
a
reprobate,yet for the outward
work
of
mer-
cy,
he was
thus mercifull
ro
thole that were
in
mifery.
But here
it's
laid,
That
they
are blefed
that
are
mere-
It's
true,
If
they be
gracioufly
merciful,
if
they
exercif
mercy
as
a
work
of
fairh,and
tendred
up in
the
name
of
Chrift,
but
this
was
for
the
outward part
of
the
work
of mercy,
and
in
this he went beyond
a
great
many among
us
that
make great
profellion of
Religion,
unmercifullnefs
it
is
worfe
then
a
Hea-
thenifh
fin.
Eleventhly,